The Society of Architectural Historians is now accepting abstracts for its 71st Annual International Conference in Saint Paul, MN, April 18­–22. Please submit an abstract no later than 5:00 p.m. CDT on June 15, 2017, to one of the 45 thematic sessions, the Graduate Student Lightning Talks or the open sessions. The thematic sessions have been selected to cover topics across all time periods and architectural styles. SAH encourages submissions from architectural, landscape, and urban historians; museum curators; preservationists; independent scholars; architects; scholars in related fields; and members of SAH chapters and partner organizations.

Thematic sessions and Graduate Student Lightning Talks are listed below. Please note that those submitting papers for the Graduate Student Lightning Talks must be graduate students at the time the talk is being delivered (April 18–22, 2017). Open sessions are available for those whose research does not match any of the themed sessions. Instructions and deadlines for submitting to themed sessions and open sessions are the same.

Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts must be under 300 words.The title cannot exceed 65 characters, including spaces and punctuation.Abstracts and titles must follow the Chicago Manual of Style.Only one abstract per conference by author or co-author may be submitted.A maximum of two (2) authors per abstract will be accepted.

Abstracts should define the subject and summarize the argument to be presented in the proposed paper. The content of that paper should be the product of well-documented original research that is primarily analytical and interpretive, rather than descriptive in nature. Papers cannot have been previously published or presented in public except to a small, local audience (under 100 people). All abstracts will be held in confidence during the review and selection process, and only the session chair and conference chair will have access to them.

All session chairs have the prerogative to recommend changes to the abstract in order to ensure it addresses the session theme, and to suggest editorial revisions to a paper in order to make it satisfy session guidelines. It is the responsibility of the session chairs to inform speakers of those guidelines, as well as of the general expectations for participation in the session and the annual conference. Session chairs reserve the right to withhold a paper from the program if the author has not complied with those guidelines.

Please Note: Each speaker is expected to fund his or her own travel and expenses to Saint Paul, MN. SAH has a limited number of conference fellowships for which speakers may apply. However, SAH’s funding is not sufficient to support the expenses of all speakers. Each speaker and session chair must register and establish membership in SAH for the 2018 conference by August 31, 2017, and is required to pay the non-refundable conference registration fee as a show of his or her commitment.

LIST OF PAPER SESSIONS

A Matter of Life and Death: Spaces for Healing in the Premodern EraAffordable Housing Design: Histories of Cross-Cultural PracticesAll Ado about BomarzoAlternative Histories of the PavilionArchitectural Preservation in AsiaArchitecture and DisabilityArchitecture and Politics in Germany, 1918–1945 ReconsideredArchitecture of Diplomacy and DefenseArchitecture of Finance: Commodities, Securities, and Urban SpaceArchitectures of the Slave Economy: Past and PresentArchive and Discourse: What Architecture Award Programs Tell UsAtmosphere and ArchitectureBurnt Clay, Cross-Cultural ExperiencesCaribbean Architectures from Emancipation to World HeritageCauses for Admiration: Objective Beauty in ArchitectureClimatic LandscapesCold War ArchitectureColonial Past in the Neo-Colonial PresentConstructing Memory in Ancient and Pre-Modern ArchitectureContemporary Religious Architecture in Latin AmericaDesigning Homo Sapiens: Architecture, Environment, and the Human SciencesDigitizing Architectural Heritage: What Role History?Exploring “Form” across Geopolitical DividesFleeing the City? The Tragedy of the Commons in the 21st CenturyGlobal Concrete: Aesthetics, Technics, Politics, 1945–1975Graduate Student Lightning TalksHistories of Architecture AgainstInfrastructure as ArtifactLife to Architecture: Uncovering Women's NarrativesMedieval Structures, Digital Tools, and Architectural KnowledgeMichelangelo Architect: New ApproachesModern Architecture and the Rise of the New SouthOpen SessionsQueer History at the IntersectionReconsidering Renaissance Architecture and UrbanismReligion in Secular American ArchitectureShaping Muslim Sacred Space in the DiasporaTemporal JuncturesThalassic Architecture: Medieval and Renaissance Italy and the SeaThe Architecture of Commercial Networks 1500–1900The Architecture of the Political Realm beyond the Assembly RoomThe Audience for Architectural History in the 21st CenturyThe Legacy of James AckermanThe Stagecraft of ArchitectureUnheard Voices: New Interpretations of Minnesota's LandscapesVisualizing Ruined Asia’sWorking with Mr. Gilbert: Cass Gilbert and His Collaborators

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